Returning starter at tight end, 2011 All-Big 12 honoree... Junior and
former transfer from Stanford in third season at Baylor... Selected 2012
first-team All-Big 12 in Blue Ribbon Yearbook, Phil Steele and Sporting News
preseason publications... Three-time member of Big 12 Commissioner's
Honor Roll... Last name pronounced NYE-vuhr (like "diver").
2011 (Sophomore): Played all 13 games, including seven starts at tight
end... Earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors by league coaches...
Led Baylor tight ends with 15 catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns
on season... Earned first college letter... Made collegiate debut in week
one upset win over No. 14 TCU, had two catches for 18 yards, including a
14-yard TD reception... Had career-high three catches for 21 yards against
Kansas State in fourth game... Made career-first start in fifth game vs.
Iowa State, finishing with one catch for 10 yards... Had career-high 25
yards on two catches in win over Missouri in eighth game... Had 13-yard
TD catch in win over No. 5 Oklahoma in 10th game... Named to Big 12
Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring 2012.
2010 (Redshirt Freshman): Transferred to Baylor from Stanford prior
to 2010 season, sat out season in compliance with NCAA Division I
transfer policy but practiced with team... Earned Baylor's Co-Offensive
Bear Squad Award for work on scout team... Named to Big 12
Commissioner's Honor Roll in fall 2010 and spring 2011.
2009 (True Freshman - Stanford): Did not play during only season at
Stanford, redshirted to retain eligibility.
High School: Prepped at Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas,
under head coach David Smith... 2009 Under Armour All-American,
rated nation's 12th-best tight end by Rivals.com, 20th by ESPNU and 23rd
by Scout.com... No. 74 overall recruit in Texas by Rivals.com... Played in
Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando... 2008 first-team 5A All-
State tight end... Also named All-District 13-5A and 2008 All-Greater
Houston (by Houston Chronicle and VYPE magazine)... Led all Texas tight
ends with 52 receptions in 2008... Caught 52 passes for 787 yards and
three touchdowns as senior in 2008... Set Klein Oak career record for
receptions... Named 2007 first-team all-district and all-region as junior
after totaling 15 catches for 205 yards and one TD... Had nine rushes for
78 yards and one TD... Helped Klein Oak to second round of playoffs
and 10-2 record... Also lettered in basketball... Member of National
Honor Society... 2008 first-team All-District 13-5A and second-team allstate
academic honoree.
Personal: Son of Don Najvar and Lee Schulz, Jordan Edward Najvar
was born Jan. 8, 1991, in Houston, Texas... Oldest of six children...
Majoring in distribution management technology.